The sun sets on another day…
Sunset made me laugh as I readied for Christmas. cloudy or not, somewhere the sunset was spectacular, and I enjoyed that very much.
You can of course be thought a fool if you fight with AI. I find myself arguing with a computer generated list and constantly correcting the computer to make it better. I did want to share it in its current form.
Below is a list of all of the Christmas Carol movies and their adaptations per AI. I have found far longer lists and I will work to integrate this into a single library. So far I have watched a few over 40 of all of the different adaptations inversions. Someday I will try to rate them to my best.
| Year | Title | Format | Relationship to Dickens | Star(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Scrooge, or, Marley’s Ghost | Silent short | Direct adaptation | Daniel Smith Wikipedia |
| 1908 | A Christmas Carol | Silent film | Direct adaptation | Tom (Thomas) Ricketts (commonly credited lead) Wikipedia |
| 1910 | A Christmas Carol | Silent short/film | Direct adaptation | Unknown |
| 1910 | Il sogno dell’usuraio | Silent short/film | Inspired/variant | Unknown |
| 1913 | Scrooge | Silent film | Direct adaptation | Seymour Hicks (stage/film Scrooge; commonly credited) Wikipedia |
| 1914 | A Christmas Carol | Silent film | Direct adaptation | Charles Rock (Scrooge; commonly credited) |
| 1916 | The Right to Be Happy | Film | Inspired/variant | Rupert Julian Wikipedia |
| 1922 | Scrooge | Silent short | Direct adaptation | H. V. Esmond |
| 1923 | A Christmas Carol | Silent film | Direct adaptation | Russell Thorndike |
| 1928 | Scrooge (lost short) | Short film | Direct adaptation | Bransby Williams |
| 1935 | Scrooge | Film | Direct adaptation | Seymour Hicks Wikipedia |
| 1938 | A Christmas Carol | Film | Direct adaptation | Reginald Owen Wikipedia |
| 1949 | The Christmas Carol | TV special | Direct adaptation | Taylor Holmes; Vincent Price (narrator) Wikipedia+1 |
| 1951 | Scrooge (aka A Christmas Carol) | Film | Direct adaptation | Alastair Sim |
| 1954 | A Christmas Carol (telecast) | TV | Direct adaptation | Fredric March |
| 1956 | The Stingiest Man in Town | TV musical | Direct adaptation | Basil Rathbone (Scrooge) |
| 1962 | Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol | Animated TV special | Direct adaptation | Jim Backus (voice) |
| 1964 | A Carol for Another Christmas | TV special | Inspired/derivative | Sterling Hayden Wikipedia |
| 1964 | Mr. Scrooge (CBC) | TV musical | Direct adaptation | Cyril Ritchard |
| 1967 | Bewitched — “Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here” | TV episode | Inspired/derivative | Elizabeth Montgomery Wikipedia |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (parody sketch) | TV episode | Inspired/derivative | Tommy Smothers; Dick Smothers (noted); Jack Benny appears Wikipedia |
| 1970 | Scrooge | Film (musical) | Direct adaptation | Albert Finney |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple — “Scrooge Gets an Oscar” | TV episode | Inspired/derivative | Jack Klugman; Tony Randall Wikipedia |
| 1973 | Omnibus — “A Christmas Carol” (mime interpretation) | TV episode/special | Direct/interpretive | Marcel Marceau Wikipedia |
| 1975 | Little House on the Prairie (Scrooge-type episode) | TV episode | Inspired/derivative | Michael Landon (ensemble; ep noted) Wikipedia |
| 1975 | Sanford and Son — “Ebenezer Sanford” | TV episode | Inspired/derivative | Redd Foxx; Demond Wilson Wikipedia |
| 1976 | The Six Million Dollar Man — “A Bionic Christmas Carol” | TV episode | Inspired/derivative | Lee Majors Wikipedia |
| 1978 | The Stingiest Man in Town (Rankin/Bass) | Animated TV special | Direct adaptation | Walter Matthau (voice) |
| 1979 | An American Christmas Carol | TV movie | Inspired/variant | Henry Winkler Wikipedia |
| 1980 | WKRP in Cincinnati — “Bah Humbug” | TV episode | Inspired/derivative | Gordon Jump (ensemble; ep noted) Wikipedia |
| 1981 | Alice — “Mel’s Christmas Carol” | TV episode | Inspired/derivative | Vic Tayback (ensemble; ep noted) Wikipedia |
| 1983 | Mickey’s Christmas Carol | Animated short | Direct adaptation | Alan Young (voice) IMDb+1 |
| 1984 | A Christmas Carol | TV movie | Direct adaptation | George C. Scott Wikipedia+1 |
| 1987 | Family Ties — “A Keaton Christmas Carol” | TV episode | Inspired/derivative | Michael J. Fox |
| 1988 | Scrooged | Film | Inspired/modern retelling | Bill Murray Wikipedia |
| 1988 | Blackadder’s Christmas Carol | TV special | Inspired/derivative | Rowan Atkinson IMDb |
| 1992 | The Muppet Christmas Carol | Film | Direct adaptation | Michael Caine IMDb+1 |
| 1994 | The Flintstones Christmas Carol | Animated TV movie | Direct/derivative | (Ensemble voice cast; commonly billed around Henry Corden) |
| 1995 | Ebbie | TV movie | Inspired/variant | Susan Lucci Wikipedia+1 |
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | TV movie | Direct adaptation (gender-flipped) | Cicely Tyson; Katherine Helmond Wikipedia+1 |
| 1997 | 101 Dalmatians: The Series — “A Christmas Cruella” | Animated TV episode | Inspired/derivative | April Winchell (voice; Cruella) Wikipedia |
| 1998 | An All Dogs Christmas Carol | Animated TV movie | Inspired/derivative | (Ensemble voice cast) Wikipedia |
| 1999 | A Christmas Carol | TV movie | Direct adaptation | Patrick Stewart Wikipedia+1 |
| 2000 | A Diva’s Christmas Carol | TV movie | Inspired/modern retelling | Vanessa L. Williams Wikipedia |
| 2000 | A Christmas Carol (ITV “loan shark” version) | TV movie | Inspired/modern retelling | Ross Kemp Wikipedia+1 |
| 2003 | A Carol Christmas | TV movie | Inspired/modern retelling | Tori Spelling; William Shatner Wikipedia+1 |
| 2004 | A Christmas Carol: The Musical | TV movie | Direct adaptation | Kelsey Grammer Wikipedia+1 |
| 2006 | Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas | Animated TV movie | Inspired/derivative | (Ensemble voice cast) |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol (Zemeckis) | Animated film | Direct adaptation | Jim Carrey; Gary Oldman; Colin Firth Wikipedia+1 |
| 2010 | Doctor Who — “A Christmas Carol” | TV special/episode | Inspired/derivative | Matt Smith; Michael Gambon Wikipedia+1 |
| 2012 | It’s Christmas, Carol! | TV movie | Inspired/modern retelling | Emmanuelle Vaugier; Carrie Fisher Wikipedia+1 |
| 2018 | DuckTales — “Last Christmas!” | Animated TV episode | Inspired/derivative | David Tennant; Danny Pudi; Ben Schwartz; Bobby Moynihan IMDb+1 |
| 2019 | A Christmas Carol (BBC/FX miniseries) | TV miniseries | Direct adaptation (dark rework) | Guy Pearce; Andy Serkis; Stephen Graham Wikipedia+1 |
| 2022 | Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (Netflix) | Animated film | Direct adaptation (via 1970 musical lineage) | Luke Evans; Olivia Colman; Jessie Buckley; Jonathan Pryce Wikipedia+1 |
| 2022 | Spirited | Film (musical) | Inspired/modern retelling/satire | Will Ferrell; Ryan Reynolds Wikipedia+1 |
So as the sun sets on another day, I hope you get to watch at least one and if you’d like to know which one to probably watch comma let me know and I’ll give you my favorites now. Find the way to keep Christmas in your heart, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and it’s no fun to fight a computer…